The coronavirus has slowed progress on a proposed bowling-based family entertainment center in Maalaea on the Hawaiian island of Maui. But according to developers, work on the business plan is proceeding. That plan calls for filling a two-story, 30,000-sq.-ft. building with 30 bowling lanes, video games, a restaurant, sports bar and banquet rooms. More recent […]

All rights reserved. Dates subject to change. MARCH 2021 March 3 — North New Jersey BPA Roundtable Discussion, Circle Bowl and Entertainment, Ledgewood, N.J.; bowl-nj.com March 5-7 — BCA of Wisconsin High School State Bowling Championships, The Ashwaubenon Bowling Alley, Green Bay, Wis.; bowlwi.com March 7 — PBA Junior Finals Telecast, FS1, 12 p.m. Eastern; […]

Johnny Campos has decided to retire from his bowling writing duties at the Peoria (Illinois) Journal Star, ending a 21-year run. Over the course of his tenure with Journal Star, Campos estimates that he wrote around 600 columns about bowling, along with an additional 400 stories and full-length features on an array of topics, including […]

The True Amateur Tournament recently was able to conduct a successful tournament in Las Vegas, and two of the larger state bowling tournaments now are under way. The Illinois State USBC is staging its 124th Open Championships and 92nd Women’s Championships on most weekends from Feb. 27 through May 2. Park Lanes in Loves Park […]

Industry veteran Gary Forman has been named interim Executive Director of the Bowling Centers of Southern California. Forman, who is in the process of selling Fountain Bowl in Fountain Valley, California, with his business partner, Dave Osborn, has served on the BCSC Board of Directors for 26 years, and is a two-term past President of […]

The United States Bowling Congress announced today that registration for the 2022 USBC Open Championships and USBC Women’s Championships will open as scheduled in the coming weeks, each with a new fee structure that includes a $15-per-event increase at the Open Championships and an $11-per-event increase at the Women’s Championships.  Bowling centers that floor “trip […]

Storm Products Inc. has announced that the brands of Storm and Roto Grip will continue their sponsorship agreement with the Underground Bowling Association for the 2021 season. “We like to have fun when we bowl,” Philip Chance, President and CEO of the UBA, said. “Storm and the UBA have once again agreed to partner the […]

Although the pandemic claimed two local centers — Wilsonville Lanes in Wilsonville, and Kellogg Bowl in Milwaukie — bowling is now back in Oregon’s Portland metropolitan area. Under guidelines mandated by the state, centers could operate at 25% capacity or 50 people, whichever number was smaller. When it comes to the state directives, bowling centers […]

Warren Lanes in Phillipsburg, N.J., shut down last March when New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy ordered the closure of all non-essential businesses due to the coronavirus pandemic. When businesses were allowed to reopen with limitations, the doors at Warren Lanes remained closed. But now there is good news: The center has been purchased by Reese […]